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Bibiana in Bratislava.

News digest: Illustrators to boycott major contest over storm in Bibiana

Health legislation passed in parliament, how possible US tarrifs would hit Slovakia, and tip for a scale model event.

MP Rudolf Huliak (l) and MP Roman Malatinec (r) have known each other for about 20 years.

News digest: Pro-Russian hunter pulls the strings in Fico’s coalition

Two politicians who ran out of luck on the road.

The police are investigating the death of a foreigner in Košice.

News digest: Police and private security service suspected of beating homeless man

A chance to see hundreds of Lego sets, how to learn about local brands, and a synagogue closer to refurbishment.

News digest: Fico accuses Czechs of interfering in Slovakia. 'Absurd', says Fiala

The Canadian footballer who swapped a beach in the Pacific for the High Tatras, the Slovak scientists making global breakthroughs, and school students get their mid-year assessments.

News digest: Smer names new ‘enemy of the state’ – a Georgian man fighting Russia

Slovakia moves to expel a Ukrainian citizen over allegations of a coup plot.

The Slovak parliament.

News digest: Chances of snap election up, even PM seems to be preparing

Black Widow spider for the first time in Slovakia, a scientist slash stand-up comedian on blending science and humour, and an interview with Robbie Williams.

Bombic

News digest: Slovakia brings back its most notorious export

PM Fico has a new target - this time, it’s not Zelensky but a French guy. Meanwhile, his interior minister is in hot water.

The Slovak parliament.

News digest: PM Fico may lose majority in parliament

SNG on the brink of collapse, thousands sign open letters to PM, and tips on where to invest.

News digest: Huge protests sweep Slovakia; 60,000 people gather in the capital

PM Fico blames a cyberattack on his opponents, while his coalition partner ousts two MPs.

PM Robert Fico and his cabinet on January 23, 2025
Illustrative image.

News digest: Two threats to schools in one day after knife attack last week

Will 2025 lead to changes, an exhibition of Nordic films. Learn more in today's digest.

PM Robert Fico during an extraordinary parliamentary session on January 21, 2025.
Foreigners' Police HQ in Bratislava.

News digest: Foreigners' Police office in Bratislava to open without online booking

A letter to PM Fico from psychiatrists and the connection between Slovakia and its American diaspora.

News digest: Zelensky invited Fico, but got Šimečka. Turns out it is safe to visit Kyiv

A new sauna opens in Bratislava in an unlikely venue, rescue helicopters are called out three times near Chopok, and what do you say to a camel crossing the road in Bratislava?

A police officer patrols the road leading to the grammar school building (third from the right, orange in colour) following a knife attack in the town of Spišská Stará Ves on January 16, 2025.

News digest: School stabbing shakes quiet border town

PM Fico avoids Kyiv, e-shops set records, and Slovak phrases explore guilt.

Illustrative image.

News digest: How much for kidney, aliens in Slovakia and other bizarre phrases Slovaks searched for

Biathlon races are back in Slovakia, the promises and reality of road construction in Slovakia, and five ice-hockey players that are making waves.

MPs Branislav Gröhling (SaS), Michal Šimečka (Progressive Slovakia), Milan Majerský (KDH), and Michal Šipoš (Slovakia) during a press conference of opposition parties following an attempt to open a parliamentary session in Bratislava on January 14, 2025.

News digest: A budet bordel!

Should you shake hands with someone you disagree with? This simple gesture has sparked a nationwide debate in Slovakia.

Slovak Deputy Speaker of parliament Andrej Danko (left) and Russian State Duma chair Vyacheslav Volodin.

News digest: Slovak MPs go to Russia, opposition talks giving 'bad signal'

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day again from Slovakia, where to get tips on best movies and series, and how a tram in Petržalka may affect apartment prices.

In the image, on the left in the foreground, is the Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok (HLAS), speaking during a press conference after the 178th extraordinary meeting of the Security Council at the Government Office of the Slovak Republic on Friday, January 10, 2025, in Bratislava.

News digest: Fico blames Ukraine for cyberattack on land registry, president calls for government action

More SNG staff resign in protest, the PM finally reports to MPs on his trip to Moscow, and doctors says the 'new' HMPV is not a pandemic threat.

The Land Registry office in Košice.

News digest: Quite possibly the worst cyber attack in history of Slovakia

Foreign museums cease cooperation with SNG, tips on three events for free, and PM warning that Slovakia might stop humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

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